Sunday 4th May, The Third Sunday of Easter
11am Parish Eucharist
6pm Evensong

Sunday 11th May, The Fourth Sunday of Easter – Christian Aid Sunday
11am Parish Eucharist
Followed by a lunch for the Christian Aid Appeal
6pm Choral Evensong

Please see the Calendar of services attached.

Mid-week service: Wednesday 10am Holy Communion

Christian Aid Week 11 -17 May 2025
Next Sunday, 11th May there will be a fund-raising event in the Institute after the 11 am communion service. Rev. John McManners will be talking about Janet Lacey, the indefatigable achiever and founder of Christian Aid, who hailed from Sunderland.
After John's talk there will be a simple soup, bread and cheese lunch, tea and coffee available as usual. Sue's Plants Stall will be there! And Gina is very kindly running a cake stall! But only if we bring cakes and biscuits for her to sell!
Do come, help raise lots of money for this year's Christian Aid appeal which focuses on climate change as it affects Aurelia, a woman living in a farming community in Guatemala.
Envelopes, a big bucket and the card reader available!'

The popular coffee afternoons, Tea and Talk, at the Institute are on the second Tuesday of the month, at 2pm. Tea and Talk: Tuesday 13th May, 2pm at the Institute

St Oswald’s local outreach campaign for Lent and Easter will be to support Durham’s St Cuthbert’s hospice, which is in serious need of financial support and has recently had to cut 18% of its workforce. For more information, including how to make a contribution¸ please see the Outreach information board inside the church’s south door. Bob Layton and the Outreach Committee.

Annual Meeting: The Annual Parochial Church Meeting will take place on Sunday 18th May after the Parish Communion. The annual meeting is the main chance for the PCC to report to the whole congregation on its activities during the year. Reports are made on Finances and Accounts, and all the activities of the parish. Please put this date in your diary.

Foodbank – Weekly message from Lynda Delf :
On 27th April £10 and 10kg of food was donated in Church and anothrr Parishioner gave 6kg of food and £10, in total this will provide meals for 20 people, many thanks for your genorisity.
In April £120 and 50kg of food was donated to our foodbanks from Church.
Currently we need squash, rice, coffee, sugar, biscuits, and tinned meat, fish, potatoes, spaghetti hoops, rice pudding and fruit. We always need longlife milk and fruit juice as well as household cleaning materials and toilet rolls.
On Easter Sunday 15kg of food was donated in Church this will provide meals for 18 people, many thanks for all of you do to support people who need to use our foodbanks.
Thank you for your generosity it is greatly appreciated.
On Sunday 13th April £20 and 3kg of food was donated in Church, this will provide meals for 4 people, many thanks for all you do to support local people who need to use our foodbanks.
Confirmation: The Deanery Confirmation will take place at St. Luke’s Ferryhill at 6pm, on Saturday 7th June 2025 (The Eve of Pentecost) . At this service adults, including students, as well as children from throughout Durham Deanery will be confirmed. Please let Peter know if you would like to be confirmed at this service.
Amongst the sick please pray for Andrew Perry, Angie Robley.
Amongst those being ordained deacon this Petertide, please pray for Marc Voase, and for the parish of St. Margaret Ilkley, and for Helen Miller and for the parish of St. Nicholas Durham. And thank you for your part in their training for ministry whilst on placement here.
With All Good Wishes and Prayers, Peter
The Reverend Peter Kashouris
St Oswald's Vicarage, Church Street, Durham [email protected]